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How San Antonio’s tech community could learn from the SA Sports Foundation

As I was reading the sports section of my Sunday edition of the Express-News to check on the standings of the National League Central, I found the nomination form for next year’s Sports Hall of Fame, it made me think of what’s wrong with our city’s Technology Hall of Fame.

Yes, San Antonio, we have a Technology Hall of Fame. Yet, if you wanted to find it on a search engine like Google, you can’t find anything but a reference to the 2007 class in a news release and a news release sent by Armida about Matt Reedy.

Furthermore, the organization that currently sponsor it doesn’t use a media partnership with an organization like the Express-News to promote nominations. Several years ago, when I wanted to nominate someone, I was told that applications were already closed three months before the banquet. I asked that person if they had publicized a “call for nominations,” and I was told that the committee decided they didn’t want any more input from the community.

So, here’s my suggestion to our mayor and others who said they care about the growth of technology. First, start by getting another organization to take over this program. I can think of two chamber of commerce organizations with active technology programs. Both are filled with advocates who know of people who have helped the city grow its base of technology operations.

Next, the city should find a home to showcase the names of those selected. Perhaps, there’s a museum who wants to keep a perpetual exhibit on those who have been the leaders who have build a major base of technology in our city.

We have enough people to fill a museum wing or two or three. Yet, we need someone in our city to take over the current program and improve the process. Once we do this, it would serve as another step to help those outside of San Antonio understand that our city is more than just the Alamo and the River Walk, but instead that we have a true technology base of talent.